The current set of countries are protective of their oligopoly. Generally, some nation will come and take it from you. Wolf Hilbertz developed an technique to

The current set of countries are protective of their oligopoly. Generally, some nation will come and take it from you. Wolf Hilbertz developed an technique to electrically accrete limestone out of sea water and was using it to build a micronation, but it was almost certain that it would be seized by Mauritius when it broke surface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saya_de_Malha_Bank#Artificial_island_project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saya_de_Malha_Bank#Artificial_i...